There’s so much overlong TV out there in the streaming era, but the Starz horror-comedy “Shining Vale” has to be one of this year’s most damning, counter-intuitive examples. Because it needs to take up so much running time, its few good ideas about characters, alive and dead, lose much of their impact. And while the series achieves a lighthearted gothic tone to match the haunted house it mostly takes place in, both its horror and comedy are used cheaply. 

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